Display device with touch detecting function and electronic apparatus

1. A display device comprising:

a substrate;

a display area in which pixels are arranged on a plane parallel to a surface of the substrate; and

a touch detection electrode including a plurality of thin wire pieces each having a linear shape, and the touch detection electrode including a plurality of conductive thin wires extending on a plane parallel to the surface of the substrate, each of the conductive thin wires including a first part of the plurality of thin wire pieces,

wherein the plurality of conductive thin wires include first adjacent conductive thin wires including a first conductive thin wire and a second conductive thin wire adjacent to the first conductive thin wire and second adjacent conductive thin wires,

wherein the first adjacent conductive thin wires have a plurality of regions including a first region and a second region adjacent to the first region,

wherein each of the regions is surrounded by four thin wire pieces of the plurality of thin wire pieces and has four angles each of which is formed by two thin wire pieces of the four thin wire pieces,

wherein at least one of the four angles of the first region is different from each of the four angles of the second region,

wherein the first adjacent conductive thin wires and the second adjacent conductive thin wires are connected by a connecting portion, and

wherein a second part of the plurality of thin wire pieces is arranged between the first adjacent conductive thin wires and the second adjacent conductive thin wires, and the second part of the plurality of thin wire pieces is not connected to the first adjacent conductive thin wires, the second adjacent conductive thin wires, and the connecting portion.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second adjacent conductive thin wires have shapes different from each other.

3. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein each of the conductive thin wires has a first bent portion and a second bent portion that is adjacent to the first bent portion,

wherein the first bent portion has a first angle formed by adjacent thin wire pieces, and the second bent portion has a second angle formed by adjacent thin wire pieces, and

wherein the first angle and the second angle are different from each other.

4. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein, when the maximum length of one pixel in a pixel orthogonal direction orthogonal to a pixel array direction on the plane parallel to the surface of the substrate is determined to be a first unit length, and the maximum length of one pixel in a direction parallel to the pixel array direction is determined to be a second unit length, the thin wire pieces extend in a direction inclined at an angle with respect to the pixel array direction, and a tangent value of the angle is larger than a value obtained by dividing the value of the first unit length by a value twice as large as the second unit length, is smaller than a value obtained by dividing a value twice as large as the first unit length by the value of the second unit length, and is different from a value obtained by dividing the value of the first unit length by the value of the second unit length.

5. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the thin wire pieces extend in a direction inclined at an angle larger than 27 degrees and smaller than 45 degrees or an angle larger than 45 degrees and smaller than 63 degrees with respect to a pixel array direction in which a color area having the highest human visibility among a plurality of color areas included in each of the pixels is aligned.

6. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the four thin wire pieces forming the first region is not parallel to each of the four thin wire pieces forming the second region.

7. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein at least three conductive thin wires that are arranged in a contiguous manner have different shapes from each other.

8. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein a difference between a first angle and a second angle is equal to or less than 15 degrees, the first angle being formed by adjacent thin wire pieces at a first bent portion included in one conductive thin wire, the second angle being formed by adjacent thin wire pieces at a second bent portion adjacent to the first bent portion included in the one conductive thin wire.

9. An electronic apparatus having the display device according to claim 1 .

10. A display device comprising:

a substrate;

a display area in which pixels are arranged on a plane parallel to a surface of the substrate; and

a touch detection electrode provided with a plurality of conductive thin wires extending on a plane parallel to the surface of the substrate, each of the conductive thin wires including a plurality of thin wire pieces each having a linear shape,

wherein the plurality of conductive thin wires include adjacent conductive thin wires including a first conductive thin wire and a second conductive thin wire adjacent to the first conductive thin wire,

wherein the adjacent conductive thin wires have a plurality of regions including a first region and a second region adjacent to the first region,

wherein each of the regions is surrounded by four thin wire pieces of the plurality of thin wire pieces,

wherein at least one of the four thin wire pieces of the first region is not parallel to each of the four thin wire pieces of the second region, and

wherein, when the maximum length of one pixel in a pixel orthogonal direction orthogonal to a pixel array direction on the plane parallel to the surface of the substrate is determined to be a first unit length, and the maximum length of one pixel in a direction parallel to the pixel array direction is determined to be a second unit length, the thin wire pieces extend in a direction inclined at an angle with respect to the pixel array direction, and a tangent value of the angle is larger than a value obtained by dividing the value of the first unit length by a value twice as large as the second unit length, is smaller than a value obtained by dividing a value twice as large as the first unit length by the value of the second unit length, and is different from a value obtained by dividing the value of the first unit length by the value of the second unit length.

11. A display device comprising:

a substrate;

a display area in which pixels are arranged on a plane parallel to a surface of the substrate; and

a touch detection electrode provided with a plurality of conductive thin wires extending on a plane parallel to the surface of the substrate, each of the conductive thin wires including a plurality of thin wire pieces each having a linear shape,

wherein the plurality of conductive thin wires include adjacent conductive thin wires including a first conductive thin wire and a second conductive thin wire adjacent to the first conductive thin wire,

wherein the adjacent conductive thin wires have a plurality of regions including a first region and a second region adjacent to the first region,

wherein each of the regions is surrounded by four thin wire pieces of the plurality of thin wire pieces,

wherein at least one of the four thin wire pieces of the first region is not parallel to each of the four thin wire pieces of the second region, and

wherein the thin wire pieces extend in a direction inclined at an angle larger than 27 degrees and smaller than 45 degrees or an angle larger than 45 degrees and smaller than 63 degrees with respect to a pixel array direction in which a color area having the highest human visibility among a plurality of color areas included in each of the pixels is aligned.